1<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=ANSI_X3.4-1968"><title>sync_mapping_buffers</title><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.78.1"><link rel="home" href="index.html" title="Linux Filesystems API"><link rel="up" href="other_functions.html" title="Other Functions"><link rel="prev" href="API-vfs-rename.html" title="vfs_rename"><link rel="next" href="API-mark-buffer-dirty.html" title="mark_buffer_dirty"></head><body bgcolor="white" text="black" link="#0000FF" vlink="#840084" alink="#0000FF"><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center"><span class="phrase">sync_mapping_buffers</span></th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="API-vfs-rename.html">Prev</a>&#160;</td><th width="60%" align="center">Other Functions</th><td width="20%" align="right">&#160;<a accesskey="n" href="API-mark-buffer-dirty.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr></div><div class="refentry"><a name="API-sync-mapping-buffers"></a><div class="titlepage"></div><div class="refnamediv"><h2>Name</h2><p>sync_mapping_buffers &#8212; 
2  write out &amp; wait upon a mapping's <span class="quote">&#8220;<span class="quote">associated</span>&#8221;</span> buffers
3 </p></div><div class="refsynopsisdiv"><h2>Synopsis</h2><div class="funcsynopsis"><table border="0" class="funcprototype-table" summary="Function synopsis" style="cellspacing: 0; cellpadding: 0;"><tr><td><code class="funcdef">int <b class="fsfunc">sync_mapping_buffers </b>(</code></td><td>struct address_space * <var class="pdparam">mapping</var><code>)</code>;</td></tr></table><div class="funcprototype-spacer">&#160;</div></div></div><div class="refsect1"><a name="idp1102250892"></a><h2>Arguments</h2><div class="variablelist"><dl class="variablelist"><dt><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>mapping</code></em></span></dt><dd><p>
4     the mapping which wants those buffers written
5    </p></dd></dl></div></div><div class="refsect1"><a name="idp1102252532"></a><h2>Description</h2><p>
6   Starts I/O against the buffers at mapping-&gt;private_list, and waits upon
7   that I/O.
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10   Basically, this is a convenience function for <code class="function">fsync</code>.
11   <em class="parameter"><code>mapping</code></em> is a file or directory which needs those buffers to be written for
12   a successful <code class="function">fsync</code>.
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